Citing AI-Generated Content

APA Style

Outline

Name of company/creator. (Date). Name of the generative AI program (model of program) [Large language model]. working URL

Example

OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

Chicago Footnotes Style

Outline

Footnote/Endnote

1. Text generated by Name of the generative AI program, Name of company/creator, Date, URL.

Bibliographic Entry

According to CMOS Online, "a ChatGPT conversation [is] like an email, phone, or text conversation—or any other type of personal communication [...] you must credit ChatGPT when you reproduce its words within your own work, but unless you include a publicly available URL, that information should be put in the text or in a note—not in a bibliography or reference list."

Example

Footnote/Endnote

1. Text generated by ChatGPT, OpenAI, March 2, 2024, https://chat.openai.com/chat, edited for style and content.

Chicago Author-Date Style

Outline

Citation

(Name of the generative AI program, date)

Bibliographic Entry

According to CMOS Online, "a ChatGPT conversation [is] like an email, phone, or text conversation—or any other type of personal communication [...] you must credit ChatGPT when you reproduce its words within your own work, but unless you include a publicly available URL, that information should be put in the text or in a note—not in a bibliography or reference list."

Example

Citation

(ChatGPT, March 2, 2024)

IEEE Style

Outline

[Citation number] Name of the generative AI program, response to author query, Name of company/creator [online]. URL, (accessed date).

Example

[1] ChatGPT, response to author query, OpenAI [online], https://chat.openai.com/chat (accessed March 2, 2024).

MLA Style

Outline

Citation

("Prompt used (abbreviated)")

Works Cited entry

"Prompt used" prompt. Name of the generative AI program, Name of program version/model/platform, Name of company/creator, date accessed (optional), URL.

Example

Citation

("Describe the symbolism")

Works Cited entry

"Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald" prompt. ChatGPT, ChatGPT Pro, OpenAI, 2 Mar. 2024, https://chatgpt.pro.